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http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1032918
January 16th, 2007
"Help Wanted: Feds Seek Retired Boomers"
Jan 15th - 7:28am
By HALLIE C. FALQUET
Capital News Service
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON - The federal government is targeting millions of retiring baby boomers to replace the estimated one-half of their colleagues eligible to retire from federal service in the next few years, according to the Partnership for Public Service, an advocacy organization for federal careers."
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan07/threat_scam011507.htm
"ONLINE EXTORTION
E-Mail Scam Includes Hit-Man Threat"
01/15/07
http://www.dea.gov/pubs/states/newsrel/wdo010807.html
News Release [print-friendly page]
January 8, 2007
"Second Significant Sentence Handed Down in 'Operation Director's Cut'"
JAN 8 -- (Alexandria, VA)
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070111-2.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 11, 2007
Religious Freedom Day, 2007
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
On Religious Freedom Day, we commemorate the passage of the 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, authored by Thomas Jefferson, and we celebrate the First Amendment's protection of religious freedom.
Across the centuries, people have come to America seeking to worship the Almighty freely. Today, our citizens profess many different faiths, and we welcome every religion. Yet people in many countries live without the freedom to worship as they choose and some face persecution for their beliefs. My Administration is working with our friends and allies around the globe to advance common values and spread the blessings of liberty to every corner of the world. Freedom is a gift from the Almighty, written in the heart and soul of every man, woman, and child, and we must continue to promote the importance of religious freedom at home and abroad.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 16, 2007, as Religious Freedom Day. I call on all Americans to reflect on the great blessing of religious liberty, endeavor to preserve this freedom for future generations, and commemorate this day with appropriate events and activities in their schools, places of worship, neighborhoods, and homes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/images/abu_jihad.jpg
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Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=abu_jihad
Wanted
Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim
a.k.a. Abu Jihad al Masri
Up to $1 Million Reward
Nationality: Egyptian
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Comments: Abu Jihad al-Masri is balding and has curly hair.
Abu Jihad al-Masri operates out of Iran and is in charge of al Qaeda media and propaganda. He may also be the Chief of External Operations for al Qaeda.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
UBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Tue Jan 16 2007 03:20:07 GMT-0800.
Worldwide Caution
October 11, 2006
(Note: Includes 3 videos)
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014842.php
January 16, 2007
"Video: Jihad preaching in British mosques"
ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761584/posts?page=13#13
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=nuclear
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THIS IS FICTION:
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/16/video-nuclear-bomb-goes-off-on-24/
Longworth House Bldg. (Washington DC) being evacuated.
CNN Breaking.
CLIFTON -- A grenade -- believed to be live and rigged with a trip wire -- was removed Monday night from a bus shelter on Van Houten Avenue by the Passaic County sheriff's bomb squad and detonated at a facility on Garret Mountain. "This appears to be an act of sabotage," said Bill Maer, a sheriff's spokesman.
Detectives from Clifton and the Sheriff's Department were dispatched to several "county locations" late Monday as part of the continuing investigation, Maer said. About 60 patrons in two bars across the street from the bus shelter, near Sade Street, were told to stay inside, keep the doors closed and stay away from windows as bomb squad mem- bers used a robot to retrieve the device.
Authorities were alerted when someone called police and told them about a bomb, Maer said. Police alerted the Fire Department, and then the Sheriff's Department.
Bomb plot uncovered at Finnish base in Afghanistan
16.1.2007
An attempted bomb attack was uncovered Monday against a military base in Afghanistan housing Finnish peacekeepers. According to the peacekeeping force Tuesday the bomb was discovered in time and diffused. p>The incident occurred at the Maimana base in northern Afghanistan one day before Jonas Gahr Store, the Norwegian foreign minister, was scheduled to visit the base. Mr Store's visit is to go ahead as planned on Tuesday. A total of around 200 Finnish, Latvian and Norwegian troops, all part of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), are housed at the base in Maimana.
http://virtual.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=14753&group=General
Kenyan police ‘arrest’ top leader of Islamic militants; Somali govt orders Al-Jazeera, local radios off the air
Jan.16.2007
GARISSA, Kenya (Agencies): Kenyan police arrested a top leader in Somalia’s Islamic militant movement on Monday, a Kenyan security official said. The leader was arrested at midmorning at a refugee camp near the Kenyan border with Somalia, the official said, quoting from a police report. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said he was on his way to the Dadaab refugee camp, 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Garisa, to help identify the suspect. If confirmed, the arrest could be a major step toward ending the fighting in Somalia, which began when Ethiopian troops intervened to stop the Islamic movement’s advance to destroy the internationally backed government.
Top movement leaders Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys and Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed have pledged to carry on a guerrilla war as long as Ethiopian troops remain in Somalia. Unidentified gunmen have repeatedly attacked Ethiopian troops in the capital, Mogadishu, over the last two weeks. Aweys was the founder of the Council of Islamic Courts, which took up arms to establish an Islamic emirate in Somalia in January. Before that, he was a senior leader of al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, a group listed by the United States as a terrorist organization with ties to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda. Somalia’s transitional government on Monday ordered the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite television network and three local private radio stations to stop broadcasting from the country’s capital.
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http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/world/Viewdet.asp?ID=8905&cat=a
Kohima, Jan 16: Seven ULFA militants, including two women, have been rounded up in Mon district bordering Upper Assam where the security forces have launched a crackdown on the cadre of the banned outfit. The ultras were arrested by personnel of the Assam Rifles yesterday while they were trying to sneak into Myanmar via Mon district, defence sources said today.
Five of the arrested belonged to the outfit's dreaded 28th battalion which recently carried out the killing of non-Assamese migrant labourers in upper Assam. The two women cadre were handed over to the police.
Equipments, including radio sets, dicta phones, SIM cards, radio transistor and knives were recovered from them, they said.
The Assam Rifles said the drive against ULFA militants would continue in Nagaland in the coming days even though the ceasefire was in force in the state. They asked NSCN and villagers not to collude and provide shelter to the militants from Assam who frequently adopt hit-and-run tactics and seek safe refuge either in bordering districts of Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=80306
Pakistani military says it killed up to 30 militants
Tuesday January 16, 2007
Islamabad– Pakistani security forces on Tuesday killed up to 30 militants, including some foreign fighters, in an early morning operation in the South Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, a military spokesman said. Three of five suspect compounds in the Zamzola region - located more than 300 kilometres south of Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province - were destroyed in a strike by ground forces supported by helicopters, army spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
"We had information about terrorists and local facilitators," he said. "It is believed that they were present in the [destroyed] compounds."
None of the 25 to 30 insurgents in the buildings was believed to have survived, he said. The targeted group was involved in militant training and terrorist activities in the area, according to the spokesman, adding that there were no government casualties.
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http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Pakistani_military_says_it_killed_u_01162007.html
I don't know what's worse, the nuke or the fact that Jack Bauer is having a nervous breakdown. I wonder if they're fixin' to give him some "down time" in the series. That's the TEST of a mega-hit series: It can survive the death of the prime character. Can somebody give me a list of the key players killed off last season? I stopped watching after a mole in CTU killed Jack's wife. So, who's died since her (Mrs Bauer)?
Did you watch it? I guess it upset some people . . .
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1768305/posts
President David Palmer, and Michelle Dressler were killed in the first five minutes of season 5.
I saw a special on E! channel, and they said that Kiefer Sutherland has signed on for two more seasons.
He FAKED his death! Got a promotion to Sergeant Major in The Unit.
IMO seasons 4 and 5 were far better than the previous three. Get them through Netflix or amazon.com. You'll be hooked again :-)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani helicopter gunships attacked a suspected al-Qaida hide-out in forest near the Afghan border Tuesday, killing up to 10 people and sparking anger among tribesmen who said the dead were woodcutters, not terrorists.
The raid in South Waziristan came as Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Afghanistan and as pressure grew on Pakistan to crack down on militants launching attacks across the frontier.
Pakistan's army said intelligence sources confirmed the presence of 25 to 30 militants, including four or five unidentified al-Qaida terrorists, occupying five compounds in the area of Zamzola — a village about two miles from the frontier.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070116/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_al_qaida
Philippine troops overrun Muslim militant camp on southern island
January 16, 2007
MANILA, Philippines: Troops battled al-Qaida-linked Muslim extremists on a southern Philippine island, capturing a rebel camp and killing one militant, officials said Tuesday. Army soldiers fought 60 Abu Sayyaf members in mountainous Talipao town on Jolo island on Monday, military spokesman Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro said. Talipao is 950 kilometers (590 miles) south of Manila.
The clash with the group of Abu Solaiman, a senior Abu Sayyaf leader on a U.S. list of terrorists, also left two soldiers wounded. "We believe that Abu Solaiman was wounded," Bacarro added without elaborating. The U.S. government is offering a U.S.$5 million (€3.86 million) reward for Solaiman's capture. Bacarro said troops overran the militant's jungle camp, where soldiers found 17 bunkers and bomb-making tools.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/16/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Abu-Sayyaf.php
Russian missiles delivered to Iran
Tue Jan 16, 2007 7
MOSCOW - Russia has delivered new anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran and will consider further requests by Tehran for defensive weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Tuesday.
"We have supplied the modern short-range anti-aircraft systems TOR-M1 in accordance with our contracts," Ivanov told reporters. "Iran is not under sanctions and if it wants to buy defensive ... equipment for its armed forces then why not?"
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Yes, my family and I watched 24.
The reason why I even bring it up here on The Threat Matrix is because this show causes one to THINK ABOUT TERRORISM and the war on terrorism.
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